"Nigerians and Ghanaians have a long, lively debate about whose jollof rice is better. (Senegalese thieboudienne, which gave birth to jollof, arguably trumps both.)"
Correct. Thieboudienne is delicious.
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What the rising prices of jollof rice show about Nigeria and Ghana’s economies
For the 140m Nigerians under the poverty line, jollof has long been an unheard-of luxury. We explain how the rising price of the dish reveals the differences between the country’s economy and Ghana’s